Posts Tagged ‘personal development’
9 Missing Ingredients Of Successful Leadership
What strikes me almost every day in my coaching practice, is how heavily the following traits are valued in organisations: Action Doing Competitive drive Goal focus Intellectual fortitude The logic. The linear. The analytical. And this is a good thing. After all, these activities do contribute to productivity and results. But, I’m starting to get a bit…
Read More4 Keys To Being A Collaborative Leader
In case you hadn’t noticed, the world is changing at an unprecedented pace. What’s driving the spectacular speed of our changing environment? That little thing called the internet. The use of social media by younger generations across the globe in order to communicate and protest – think The Arab Spring for starters. The increase in transparency of…
Read More4 Ways To Encourage Fun And Innovation At Work
You might think having a laugh has no place in the serious world of business. But, if innovation is on your strategic agenda (and it SO should be, by the way), you might want to rethink your perspective. We tend to take ourselves WAAAY too seriously. And, research on the link between fun workplace cultures…
Read MoreHow To Identify Your Core Values
They say that if you really want to see what a person values, look at their wallet and their calendar. Often we say something is important to us, but our actions speak louder than our words. And sometimes our commitment to our values is really put to the test. Which is exactly what happened to me…
Read MoreWagging 101 For Leaders
If you’ve got a little rebel in you, then you’ve come to the right place. Actually, I think most of us have a wild child within us – even if it’s only unleashed on the odd occasion. In fact, I think giving our responsible and sensible selves a holiday every now and then can be a…
Read MoreWhat Leaders Can Learn From Pearl Divers
Dig deeper. Look past the first right answer. Last weekend on my run, I glanced across the harbour and saw this view of a boat on the water. If we were to glance briefly at the photo, we would only see the boat at the forefront of the image, floating safely in the harbour. We could…
Read MoreOops! We Made A Mistake…
Recently I received an email from e-book company Kobo which started something like this: Oops! We Made A Mistake…We’re sorry – we messed up. We want to apologise for any confusion this may have caused… I was surprised at my response. The irony is, even though they had admittedly stuffed up in this instance (and ticked…
Read MoreBeing Like A Bumblebee
This morning, as I was eating my breakfast, I noticed a bumblebee on the windowsill. For the entire time I ate my breakfast, the bee threw itself against the window, again and again and again, in a futile attempt to get outside. Even as I left to go about my day, its persistent (albeit fruitless)…
Read MoreDealing With Disappointment
Earlier this week most of New Zealand watched in awe and excited anticipation as the New Zealand Sevens Rugby Team took on South Africa in the Commonwealth Games final match. We were looking forward to a good, clean, confident game. And with the Kiwis as the clear favourites, we all expected Tietjen’s boys to bank yet another convincing…
Read MoreHow To Reconnect With Your Purpose
This week, I had to go away to ‘come home’. In other words, I had to leave my everyday life. My daily routine. My busy busyness. My must do’s, to do’s and should do’s. I needed to leave the ‘doing’ in order to rediscover the gift of ‘being’. This allowed me to reconnect with my purpose…
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